[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44504-44505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21195]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 081099C]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has 
scheduled meetings during the month of September 1999.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times of 
meetings.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for locations of the meetings.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Council staff, phone: 907-271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. The Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee will meet by 
teleconference on Wednesday September 1, 1999 to review the revised 
analysis of a proposed split of the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Pacific 
cod fixed gear quota between longline and pot gears, and to further 
discuss

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establishing minimum stock size thresholds for groundfish. Public 
listening sites have been established as follows:
    Seattle, WA: Room 2079, Bldg. 4, at the Alaska Fisheries Science 
Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE.,
    Juneau, AK: NMFS Main Conference Room, #445C, 4th Floor Federal 
Building, 709 W. 9th Street
    Kodiak, AK: Fishermen's Hall, 503 Marine Way
    Anchorage, AK: NPFMC Offices, 605 W. 4th Avenue, 3rd Floor
    2. A meeting of the Council/Alaska Board of Fisheries Joint 
Committee will meet September 15-16, 1999, at the Hilton Hotel, 500 W. 
3rd Avenue, Anchorage, AK. The agenda will include:
    (a) Alternatives for resolving the fair-start issue.
    (b) Review the Joint Protocol.
    (c) Examination of the range of cross jurisdictional issues of 
mutual interest.
    3. The Council's Ecosystem Committee will meet September 20, 1999, 
beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Building 
4, room 2079. The agenda includes discussion of following topics:
    (a) Analysis of Habitat Areas of Particular Concern
    (b) Evaluation of current management with National Research Council 
Recommendations for Sustainable Fisheries
    (c) The Ecosystem-based Fisheries Report
    (d) The 1999 Ecosystem Chapter for the Stock Assessment and Fishery 
Evaluation documents.
     4. The Council's Crab Fishery Management Plan Team will meet 
September 27-28, 1999, at the Hilton Hotel, 500 W. 3rd Avenue, 
Anchorage, AK. The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. on September 27th.
    Agenda subjects will include:
    (a) Review Tanner Crab Rebuilding Plan, survey information, and 
guideline harvest levels.
    (b) Prepare and review the annual Stock Assessment and Fishery 
Evaluation Report.
    (c) Review Category 2 and 3 proposals and any amendment proposals 
received.
    (d) Review and discuss management of the Aleutian Islands red king 
crab fishery.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
these groups for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during these meetings. Action will be 
restricted to those issues specifically identified in this notice.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Helen Allen, 907-271-2809, at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: August 11, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-21195 Filed 8-13-99; 8:45 am]
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